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 tions of  every  kind:  exposition  of  doctrine controversy, history,  biography,  devotion, moral and  social  papers,  besides  tales  and verse.

"No one  is  too  poor  to  be  able  to  afford  the half-penny  or  the  penny  which  is  the  price  of most  of  these  brochures  and  leaflets;  whilst there  are  books  and  larger  pamphlets  for  those who  look  for  something  more  extended,  and the  bound  volumes  of  the  series  form  a  small library  of  the  handiest  and  the  most  useful kind.  For  readers  of  greater  education  and leisure  there  are  materials  in  abundance which  it  is  unnecessary  to  specify  at  this moment.  A  catalogue  of  any  of  our  Catholic publishers  will  suggest  to  every  one  how many  subjects  there  are  on  which  it  would  be useful  to  be  well  informed,  and  how  much there  is  to  be  known  in  the  grand  and  wide kingdom  of  the  holy  Catholic  faith.  No  one can  love  Our  Lord  who  does  not  know  about Him,  and  no  one  can  be  truly  loyal  to  the Church who  does  not  take  the  trouble  to  study her.

"If instruction  is  so  deeply  important, devotion  and  piety  are  not  less  so.  With most  of  us  prayer  is  very  short  and  very  slight. There  is  one  means  which  will  both  make  us more  regular  in  our  daily  prayers  and  deepen our  earnestness  in  that  sacred  duty.  This  is spiritual  reading.

"No one  should  be  without  a  book  about Our  Lord,  His  sacred  Heart,  His  blessed